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The Banquets of the King

Now it happened in the days of (A)Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned (B)from India to [a]Cush over (C)127 provinces,

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  1. Esther 1:1 Or Ethiopia

Queen Vashti Deposed

This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,[a](A) the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces(B) stretching from India to Cush[b]:(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus; here and throughout Esther
  2. Esther 1:1 That is, the upper Nile region

The King Dethrones Queen Vashti

Now it came to pass in the days of (A)Ahasuerus[a] (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned (B)over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, (C)from India to Ethiopia),

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  1. Esther 1:1 Generally identified with Xerxes I (485–464 b.c.)

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

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Nangyari nga, sa mga kaarawan ni Assuero, (ito ang Assuero na naghari, mula sa India hanggang sa Etiopia, sa isang daan at dalawang pu't pitong lalawigan:)

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